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Maintenance & Safety

Process safety management of hazardous chemicals

June 10, 2020
OSHA’s Process Safety Management standard and the EPA’s Risk Management Plan help ensure proper controls are put in place to manage process hazards.
Figure 1. Rotating buoyancy generates repeatable and predictable pipeline behavior. All images courtesy of Trelleborg Offshore
Oil & Gas

Creating safe buckling zones in deepwater oil pipelines

April 8, 2019
Rotating buoyancy modules can help manage and mitigate risks associated with buckling of high-temperature subsea pipelines.
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Oil & Gas

Developing alloy-based alternatives for oil well plugging and abandonment

March 25, 2019
While cement has been the most widely used abandonment medium, the development of bismuth alloys offers advantages as an alternative.
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Flow Measurement

Application Corner: Chemical composition of natural gas

March 21, 2019
The physical properties of natural gas such as its density, heat content and thermal properties can be different and vary over time.
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Oil & Gas

Saint-Gobain Seals partnership to qualify polymer compounds; IndianOil selects Emerson as automation contractor; Quorum acquires Coastal Flow

March 18, 2019
Industry news: Saint-Gobain Seals partnership to qualify polymer compounds; IndianOil selects Emerson as automation contractor; Quorum Software acquires Coastal Flow Measurement...
Figure 1. This diagram of a comprehensive tank management system illustrates the overfill protection system on the left. All the critical elements of the safety-instrumented function are included: sensor, logic solver and final control elements. All images courtesy of Emerson Automation Solutions
Level Measurement

A systemic approach to storage tank overfill protection

Feb. 27, 2019
Today’s technologies can point out weak links when monitoring the condition of liquid storage tank safety systems.